Airtel, Vi follow Jio in raising tariffs; prices hiked by up to 21%

Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi) on Friday announced a hike in mobile tariffs by up to 21 per cent.

This comes a day after market leader Reliance Jio implemented an across-the-board hike in tariffs.

While Airtel has raised tariffs by a lesser margin than Jio’s 12-25 per cent, it includes Airtel’s 2G subscriber base as well, a category Jio hasn’t touched. Vi also focussed mostly on unlimited data plans, with validity periods from 28 days to one year.